Man Pleads Guilty to Sending Threatening Letters to Tom Coughlin

This seems like a bad idea at every stage of the process: some enterprising soul sent threatening letters to Giants head coach Tom Coughlin in an effort to make a few bucks.

Via the Associated Press:

Prosecutors say 30-year-old Herbert Alex Simpson of Philadelphia pleaded guilty to two counts of mailing threatening communications. Simpson sent Coughlin letters threatening to expose a fictitious sexual tryst with two women.

Court papers initially filed by prosecutors said the letters demanded the coach pay $20,000 to $30,000, but defense lawyer Nialena Caravasos notes that the charges of extortion were dropped. She says her client has disabilities that require a mental health exam and that will be taken into account at his sentencing, which is scheduled for Feb. 26.

Usually, when a lawyer claims that their client has a mental illness, it's a last-ditch effort to beat the charges. In this instance, I'd actually believe that Simpson is probably a few yards short of a first down.

It's one thing for an angry fan to hijack a Jets' backup wide receiver's Twitter account for nefarious purposes. It's something else entirely to try to threaten a guy who made extra cash by fining his players for not being early enough to meetings, and "retired from his family to spend more time at his job."

via Deadspin